HC Deb 28 July 1902 vol 111 cc1368-9
MR. WILLIAM REDMOND (Clare, E.)

Can the right hon. Gentleman say when the Marine Works (Ireland) Bill is to be taken?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I hope an opportunity will be found in the course of the present week, but I cannot say definitely.

MR. WILLIAM REDMOND

Will it be put down as the first Order?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

Yes, Sir, I gave an undertaking that it should be substantially the first Order.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN (Stirling Burghs)

Can the right hon. Gentleman give us particulars of other business to be taken this week and next, and also when the stages of the Appropriation Bill will be taken?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

The Education Bill will be taken on Wednesday as well as tonight; the Colonial Office Vote will be taken at the morning sitting on Tuesday, and the Works Vote as first order at the evening sitting. On Thursday Supplementary Estimates and Excess Votes at the morning sitting, and possibly the Irish Local Government Bill Committee in the evening (I will say with more certainty tomorrow); the London Water Bill I hope may be taken on Friday, but again I cannot say for certain.

MR. JOHN REDMOND (Waterford)

Will not a Motion be necessary to enable a Bill to be taken on Thursday night instead of Supply?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

Yes; under the circumstances I shall be obliged to move one.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

If the Water Bill is not taken on Friday, what business will be substituted for it?

MR. A. J. BALFOUE

There has been some difficulty as to the arrangement of Friday's business, which prevents me from saying before tomorrow what will be Friday's business if the Water Bill is not put down. The Appropriation Bill will be put down next week for Second Reading on Wednesday morning, and on Friday morning for Third Reading.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

Why not put down the Supplementary Vote for the morning sitting on Thursday, and the Excess Vote for the evening sitting? It is a very important Vote, involving an expenditure of more than three millions in excess of what has been sanctioned by Parliament.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I am afraid that the demands on our time are so great that I cannot yield to my hon. friend's wish. I hope there will be plenty of time at the morning sitting, for all the business I have indicated.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

What is to be the business for Monday and Tuesday next?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

They will be the concluding days of Supply.